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我 means 'I' or 'myself'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 687   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-4    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 85 words   Used in 117 words   Used in 478 names   Component in 29 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ガ
Kun
   われ    I, myself   が-
Kun      わが-
Name    あ   あが   か
⿰   () hand   tasseled spear  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 我 is used 6 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 我 is used 115 times, read 4 ways.
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ガ : 61 words FIND ALL
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patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial
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われ : 18 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 我我
we
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が- : 28 words FIND ALL
1
expression, noun
our country; our land; one's own country
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わが- (read as わが) : 8 words FIND ALL
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expression, noun
personal affair; one's own affair
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An additional 2 less common words include 我 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 833 (originally: 817)  Joy o' Kanji : 817  Key to Kanji: 90 

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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
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